I'd prefer Whiting at fullback, with Tansey and Houghton as the hookers, tbh.

I'd like to see him at either 13 or 9. It's plain to see he's not a 6.

If Washy starts at 9, Whiting starts at 13 and Houghton comes off the bench at 9 that'd do for me.

Agree, Tansey would be a far better option at 9 than Washy,

I'd prefer we brought in an actual 9 TBH. We've gone down the 'turn someone into a hooker' route a couple of times in recent years with less than impressive results. It's also amazing that we've gone from having 4 hookers to what now looks like 1 in 2 years. I suppose that's how you make your squad more balanced, then?

How long has Luke Robinson got on his contract at Hudds......?

People not getting it! Fitz has basically been playing as a prop, just the number 13 on his back rather then 8 or 10! Like you say Paul, he will play the same game where ever he plays.

I like the idea of Washy at hooker with Houghton, I am still a believer of what he can do and prefer him in the thick of it in the middle. No need in bringing in an actual hooker IMO, bringing in some HB/SO cover is priority IF indeed we get Westy or a similar player.

1 Tansey
2 Sharp
3 Berrigan
4 Yeaman
5 T Briscoe
6 ?
7 Long

8 Fitzgibbon
9 Houghton
10 O'Meley
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Whiting

14 Horne
15 Lauaki
16 Radford
17 Moa

Use the overseas spot to sign an Aussie half back, who's creative. Horne on the bench to spell Houghton for 20 minutes, can cover full back, centres and stand off.

Use Fitzgibbon as a prop, which is what he plays as now anyway and have Whiting at loose man as an extra playmaker.

Don't disagree with that but we're not going to get an attacking half for 2011. Agar has said he's looking for back up presumably cos there are no front line guys out there. We're too late. That being the case and only because of that we'll have to make do and making do with Washbrook, who would not get into most other teams as a specialist anything, is probably our only option. He is at least generally consistent and certainly grafts. He isn't fast , he isn't creative and he won't be the best dummy half in the world but we're talking stop gap.......hopefully! If we can get a better stop gap solution from Oz for a year then fair enough but we don't want to be handing out two or three year deals to another ordinary player.

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Reading between the lines of that, they've implied that the only space really that's left on the cap will be whatever wage Dowes was on, as he's the only player to have not resigned from last season, and we were at full cap last year, apparently. (I'm assuming that Radford's lower wage and Tickle's increased wage will just about cancel each other out).

Absolutely right. Much as we need a HB, I'd rather go with what we've got for 2011 than compromise our options for 2012 by having to offer a 2 year deal for an ordinary quota filler-in.

Quote: Mrs Barista "Absolutely right. Much as we need a HB, I'd rather go with what we've got for 2011 than compromise our options for 2012 by having to offer a 2 year deal for an ordinary quota filler-in.'" I'd rather we went for a season long loan deal with someone like this.... www.warriors.co.nz/our-team/play ... un-Johnson And if he liked it here we could sign him in the future. If not, any other Toyota cup boom youngster would be a great option.

Quote: Mrs Barista "Absolutely right. Much as we need a HB, I'd rather go with what we've got for 2011 than compromise our options for 2012 by having to offer a 2 year deal for an ordinary quota filler-in.'" I'd rather we went for a season long loan deal with someone like this.... www.warriors.co.nz/our-team/play ... un-Johnson And if he liked it here we could sign him in the future. If not, any other Toyota cup boom youngster would be a great option.

Where has Agar said that Berrigan won't be our hooker next year?

Berrigan's our best centre. Why would we play him as an interchange hooker?

There's nothing in those lines never mind between them!
I think that the comments regarding "taking our time" from Agar are more pertinent and suggest that we've maybe just been knocked back on a deal we thought may happen and now are starting again/having to ressurrect other deals? I just hope we don't panic buy.